my local dealer just got a few of these production CQC7's in. i had the opportunity to handle them for quite a while today and i have a few comments.
first of all, if i didn't kno who Emerson was, and of his past relationship with BM, i would have thought that these Emerson cqc7's were cheap imitations of the BM knife. honestly, if his logo was not on the blade, i would have thought "rip-off BM cqc7"!
the liner lock was VERY thin on these knives. i inspected 3 cqc7's and none of them locked up well. the very thin liner did not fully contact the tang on any of the 3. it connected about halfway up the liner on all of them, leaving 1/2 of th liner not contacting the tang. on a liner this thin, i would think that this was dangerous.
the feel of the Emerson's was not as solid as the BM's. i did like the g-10 better, but all together i might pay $50-$60 for one of these knives. their quality is about equal to CRKT, in my opinion. Doesn't even compare to BM's CQC7. the dealer was asking about $130. a rip-off, IMO. anyone else seen any of these? any comments?
marco
first of all, if i didn't kno who Emerson was, and of his past relationship with BM, i would have thought that these Emerson cqc7's were cheap imitations of the BM knife. honestly, if his logo was not on the blade, i would have thought "rip-off BM cqc7"!
the liner lock was VERY thin on these knives. i inspected 3 cqc7's and none of them locked up well. the very thin liner did not fully contact the tang on any of the 3. it connected about halfway up the liner on all of them, leaving 1/2 of th liner not contacting the tang. on a liner this thin, i would think that this was dangerous.
the feel of the Emerson's was not as solid as the BM's. i did like the g-10 better, but all together i might pay $50-$60 for one of these knives. their quality is about equal to CRKT, in my opinion. Doesn't even compare to BM's CQC7. the dealer was asking about $130. a rip-off, IMO. anyone else seen any of these? any comments?
marco